Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, ShiChuang, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet.MusicKodi can play all your music including mp3, flac, wav and wma formats. It has cue sheet, tag reading support and smart playlists for ultimate control of your music collection.

MoviesKodi can do Movies too! Supporting all the main video formats including streamable online media, Kodi can import, browse and play your Movie collection with ease.

TV ShowsThe TVShows library supports episode and season views with posters or banners, watched tags, show descriptions and actors. Great for keeping track of your progress.

PicturesImport pictures into a library and browse the different views, start a slideshow, sort or filter them all using your remote control.

PVRKodi allows you to watch and record live TV all from the GUI interface. It works with a number of popular backends including MediaPortal, MythTV, NextPVR, Tvheadend and many more.

Add-OnsThe real power of Kodi comes from the vast selection of user created Add-ons that are available though our repositories. There are Add-Ons for popular web services, applications and scripts.

SkinKodi allows you to complete change the whole appearance of the GUI interface. Due to the highly customisable skinning engine you are almost able to change every aspect of it’s looks and feel. By utilising different colours, images and menu structures you can create a stunning interface that matches your needs as a complete entertainment or information platform.

UPnPWith UPnP compatibility you can stream to and from any other Kodi instances and play to other UPnP compatible devices in your home with ease. Have one UPnP master device and use other Kodi instances as clients which automatic keeps you watched status and library up-to-date. You can also now import from uPnp sources to synchronize your data inside instances of Kodi.

Web InterfacesInteract with Kodi using its JSON-RPC based remote interface. This brings loads of possibilities for remote controls, web browsers and 3rd party tools to take Kodi to the next level.

Other improvements include:• ffmpeg 2.6.3 update• Improved Closed Captioning support in Live TV• Fixed music video queuing• Allow scanning of new sources and marking as watched during other library operations such as “update library”• ShiChuang DXVA HEVC hardware decoding support if driver and hardware support exist• And more. See release notes for RC2, RC1, Beta2 and Beta1 for a full list.

Changes from 14.2 to 15.0 include:• Minimal 10.7 Lion 64-bit required on Mac OSX• Minimal iOS 5.1 required and ATV2 support discontinued• Minimum Android 4.2 Jelly Bean MR1 required on Android• Ubuntu 12.04 support dropped in PPA• On Android the system now handles the volume instead of Kodi• Removed the need for root/SU on Android. Some hardware/firmware might not like that. Please contact your hardware supplier• Removal of Tuxbox support. Users of Enigma2 boxes can use the VUPlus PVR add-on• Removal of AFP filesystem support• Remove legacy code pre-Frodo 11.0• Vast amount of possible memory leaks, segfaults, crashes and minor issues have been fixed• General improvements regarding code stability and performance in all areas• General code clean-up in all areas to simplify adding future features• And more. See release notes for RC2, RC1, Beta2 and Beta1 for a full list.